🚀 Space Business: Payload problems

News Snapshot:

Unless you count the Wall Street Journal’s report on Elon Musk’s drug use and the potential implications for SpaceX, the biggest story in the space industry this week was the takeoff of United Launch Alliance’s Vulcan Centaur rocket. Monday’s successful launch was welcome news for the company and the US Space Force, which is relying on the rocket to take its spy satellites and other spacecraft into space in the future. The launch wasn’t smooth for all parties, however. The Peregrine lander, a lunar-destined spacecraft built by Astrobiotic Technology, faced troubles only a few hours after separating from the rocket...